"Remember Them Still" Poem
- Bayley, Patricia L., Author
- Media Type
- Video
- Text
- Item Type
- Video recordings
- Date of Original
- 2020
- Date Of Event
- 2020
- Playing Time
- 00:02:45
- Personal Name(s)
- Bayley, Patricia L.
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.88342 Longitude: -78.93287 -
Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.88342 Longitude: -78.93287
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- Copyright Date
- 2020
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- Transcription
REMEMBER THEM STILL
Like everything else it’s different this year.
Tradition is changing, with many a tear.
Though sombre it’s true,we remember them still
who sacrificed life and went over the hill
to their deaths ,full of honour , cut off in their prime,
the waste and the sadness ,a part of all time.
This new war we’re battling , cut to the quick
constrains all our lives as we hear the clock tick,
and remembering then on that special day
in November the heroes who died in the fray
in those battles and wars supposed to end war.
We are saddened to think of the ones gone before.
The numbers are shrinking , old folks full of risk,
not braving the cold, numbed cheeks or winds brisk.
In the Cenotaph’s shadow up on the hill,
flanked by reduced numbers , those serving us still.
No cadets’ earnest faces will witness lament ,
or hear “Flander’s Field “ on the dampest cement.
In our homes, on our streets, so quiet and still,
The Last Post will echo . REMEMBER THEM STILL.
L. Patricia Bayley.
